Awards Archives
Overall Top Speaker Award
Essbase – Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about MDX … (but were Afraid to Ask)
Tim Faitsch, Applied OLAP
Best First-Time Speaker Award
Strategic EPM – Want to Become the Indiana Jones of EPM Training? Join My Oracle EPM Training Expedition in the Quest for the Holy Grail!
Caroline Stenpeck, Alithya
Top Speaker Awards (for each track)
Oracle APEX – APEX & ORDS for DBAs and System Admins
Richard Soule, Insum
Analytics & Machine Learning – Machine Learning in the Cloud, Without Any Panic
Heli Helskyaho, Miracle Finland Oy
Database Engineering & Development – Tutorial: Intro to Data Modelling
Michael Rosenblum, Dulcian, Inc.
Emerging Technologies – The Future of AI Rich Niemiec, Viscosity North America
Enterprise Planning – How to Extend the Financials Framework to Support Your Planning Processes
Tracy McMullen, Go EPM
EPM Foundations & Reporting – Hop on the Groovy Train – First Stop, Handling Kickouts
Dan Gagnon and Luke Nailor, Huron Consulting Group
Essbase – Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about MDX … (but were Afraid to Ask)
Tim Faitsch, Applied OLAP
Extending Oracle Cloud Applications – Using Oracle Cloud Development Tools to Build New User Experiences for Oracle Applications Mia Urman, AuraPlayer, Ltd.
Financial Close – Automate This! Maximize EDM to Simplify Your FCC Dimensional Maintenance Geordan Drummond and Kevin Black, Alithya
Profitability – Advanced Modelling Capabilities to Boost Profitability and Cost Driver Decisions with EPCM
Alvaro Duque-Estrada, The Hackett Group
Strategic EPM – Want to Become the Indiana Jones of EPM Training? Join My Oracle EPM Training Expedition in the Quest for the Holy Grail!
Caroline Stenpeck, Alithya
ODTUG Volunteer Award
Kim Berg Hansen, Cegal Denmark
Joel Kallman Oracle Contributor of the Year Award
Mike Durran, Oracle Corporation
We'd also like to recognize our complimentary ODTUG Kscope24 pass winners.
Ambassador Winner: Jeff Baumert, CDM Smith
Exhibitor Bingo Winner: Balaji Kandala, General Electric
Overall Top Speaker Award
Essbase: Hybrid Essbase…Solving All the World’s Problems…and Creating Brand New Ones
Brian Marshall, Olympus Consulting
Best First-Time Speaker Award
Core & Database: Oracle SQL Pattern Matching Made Easy
Oren Nakdimon, Moovit
Top Speaker Awards (for each track)
Oracle APEX – APEX: For Your Eyes Only Alex Nuijten, allAPEX
Analytics – NLP: Simple Letters, Powerful Analytics Abigail Giles-Haigh, Vertice
Core & Database – Oracle SQL Pattern Matching Made Easy Oren Nakdimon, Moovit
Emerging Technologies – Packing Your Bags for a Journey to the Metaverse
Adrian Png, Insum
Enterprise Planning – Groovy 101 – EPBCS Groovy for the Functional Admin
Dan Gagnon, Huron Consulting
EPM Foundations & Reporting – Immerse Yourself in Report Packages Opal Alapat, Woman in EPM
Essbase – Hybrid Essbase…Solving All the World’s Problems…and Creating Brand New Ones
Brian Marshall, Olympus Consulting
Financial Close – How to Create Custom ARCS Reports that Deliver True Insights
Matthias Heilos, FinTech Innovations
Modern App Development (PaaS) Winner – After 15+ Years Running on EBS, Ten Development Learnings from the First Year Running on Fusion Apps Gustavo Gonzalez, IT Convergence
Strategic EPM – The State of Finance Transformation
Edward Roske, ArganoInterRel
ODTUG Volunteer Award
Jake Turrell, Turrell Consulting
Joel Kallman Oracle Contributor of the Year Award
Jennifer Nicholson, Oracle Corporation
We'd also like to recognize our complimentary ODTUG Kscope23 pass winners –
Ambassador Winner: Gilliam Breems, Conspect Consulting & ICT
Exhibitor Bingo Winner: Tess Kingrey, Textron
General Session Winner: Frank Wiley, University of New Mexico
Overall Top Speaker Award
Planning: ASO Development for PBCS Developers
Peter John Nitschke, EssbaseDownUnder
Best First-Time Speaker Award
Essbase: Finally, an Easy Way to Monitor Essbase Security!
Jared Brame, Anixter
Top Speaker Awards (for each track)
Application Express – Advanced CSS and JS Techniques to Tweak Your Application UI
Maxime Tremblay, Max Consulting IT
Database – Uses of Row Pattern Matching Kim Berg Hansen, Trivadis
Emerging Technologies – The Basics of Machine Learning Heli Helskyaho, Miracle Finland Oy
Essbase – Introduction to Essbase MDX for Reporting
Tim Tow, Applied OLAPGary Crisci, General Electric
EPM Data Integration – Integrating EPBCS with the Oracle Cloud: A Candid Account of One of the Largest Oracle Cloud Transformation Projects in the UK
Guillaume Patrick Slee, Brovanture
Lydia Maksoud, Brovanture
EPM Infrastructure – Find Your Path to the Cloud
Joe Malewicki, Jr., iARCH Solutions
Financial Close – Go Big or Go Home: General Motor's Redesign of the General Ledger and the EPM Suite
Jill Marie Horstman, General Motors
Frank DeAngelo, Finit
Planning – ASO Development for PBCS Developers
Peter John Nitschke, EssbaseDownUnder
Real World EPM – Cloud Options for the Established On-Prem Oracle Customer: A Realistic and Candid Conversation and Decision Guide
Eric Helmer, Rimini Street
EPM Reporting, BI Analytics, and Data Visualization – Smart View Fundamentals Glenn Schwartzberg, interRel Consulting
Big Data and Data Warehousing – The Changing Face of ETL—Event-Driven Architectures for Data Engineers
Robin Moffatt, Confluent
Oracle Contributor of the Year Award
JB Brock and Geert Jan Wielinga, Oracle Corporation
ODTUG Volunteer Award Becky Wagner, US-Analytics
ODTUG Presidential Award
Natalie Delemar, ODTUG President
We'd also like to recognize ODTUG Kscope19 Ambassador, Giliam Breems from Conspect ICT, who won a free pass to ODTUG Kscope20.
Overall Top Speaker Award
Financial Close: Imagine That! Explore HFM Design Concepts Christopher Barbieri, Finit Solutions
Best First-Time Speaker Award
Real World EPM: Sherwin-Williams EPM On-Prem to the Cloud Journey
Beth Archacki, Sherwin -Williams
Ramprakash Sundararajan, Sherwin-Williams
Top Speaker Awards (for each track)
Application Express – Bringing Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) to APEX Dimitri Gielis, APEX R&D
Database – Logger: Everyone's Using It, Why Aren't You? Martin D'Souza, Insum
Essbase – Everything a PBCS or FCCS Developer Needs to Know about Essbase Calc Scripts Edward Roske, interRel
EPM Data Integration – How to Use Your ODI On-Premise to Seamlessly Integrate PBCS Ricardo Giampaoli, TeraCorp
EPM Infrastructure – Building a World Class EPM Platform as a Service
Joseph Nasal, GE Digital
Financial Close – Imagine That! Explore HFM Design Concepts Christopher Barbieri, Finit Solutions
Planning – EPBCS/PBCS/Hyperion Planning 101: The Freshman-Level Intro Class
Cindy Eichner, Finit Solutions
Real World EPM – Sherwin-Williams EPM On-Prem to the Cloud Journey
Beth Archacki, Sherwin -Williams
Ramprakash Sundararajan, Sherwin-Williams
EPM Reporting, BI Analytics, and Data Visualization – Smart View Custom Ribbon—Ingersoll Rand's Magic Carpet
Alex Znyk, Ingersoll Rand
Big Data and Data Warehousing – What We Learned Building Analytics for Google Stewart Bryson, Red Pill Analytics
ODTUG Innovation Award Stewart Bryson, Red Pill Analytics
Innovation: Checkmate
Honorable Mention: Scott Spendolini with innovation APEX-SERT
Oracle Contributor of the Year Award
Al Marciante, Oracle Corporation
ODTUG Volunteer Award
Neviana Zhgaba, GE Digital
ODTUG Lifetime Achievement Award
Mike Riley, ODTUG Secretary
We'd also like to recognize ODTUG Kscope18 Ambassador, Richard Low from Emerson, who won a free pass to ODTUG Kscope19.
Overall Top Speaker Award
APEX: Explore the APEX APIsMartin D'Souza, Insum Solutions
Best First-Time Speaker Award
HFM to FCCS – A Customer Success Story
Doga Pamir, Perficient
Top Speaker Awards (for each track)
Application Express – Explore the APEX APIs Martin D'Souza, Insum Solutions
BI and Reporting – Mastering MDX for Analytics and Reporting
Jennifer Hanks, Key Performance Ideas
Data Visualization and Advanced Analytics – Oracle Data Visualization for the Finance Analyst Kevin McGinley, Red Pill Analytics, Co-Presenter: Tim German, Qubix
Big Data and Data Warehousing – SQL on Hadoop for the Oracle Professional Michael Rainey, Gluent, Inc.
Database – Oracle 12c for Developers Alex Nuijten, allAPEX
EPM Business Content – Unbiased Comparison: Evaluation All Deployment Options for Hyperion EPM – Saas vs. IaaS vs. On-Prem Eric Helmer, Mercury Technology Group
EPM Data Integration – Black Belt Techniques for FDMEE Admins and Developers Francisco Amores, Infratects
EPM Infrastructure – The EPM Clouds are Rolling in Fast! Is It Really Worth Upgrading My On-Prem System Now?
Joe Malewicki, iArch Solutions
Essbase – Break the Shackles of Planning with Hybrid Essbase
Peter Nitschke, m-Power Solutions, Co-presenter: Cameron Lackpour, ARC EPM
Financial Close – HFM to FCCS – A Customer Success Story
Doga Pamir, Perficient
Planning – Elevating your Workforce Planning Solution to the Cloud
Nicholas Blazosky, TopDown Consulting, Co-presenter: Juan Porter, TopDown Consulting
ODTUG Innovation Award Vincent Morneau, Insum Solutions
Innovation: APEX Nitro
Honorable Mention: Dawna Roberts, Rogers Group Inc.
Oracle Contributor of the Year Award
Matt Milella, Oracle Corporation
ODTUG Volunteer Award
Adrian Png, Insum Solutions
We'd also like to recognize ODTUG Kscope17 Ambassador, Ralph Slater of BMPC, who won a free pass to Kscope18.
Overall Top Speaker Award
APEX: High-Quality Printing and Exporting for FREE!
John Scott, APEX Evangelists
Best First-Time Speaker Award
Back to Basics: EPMA's Return to Classic Planning
Shannon Burket, MindStream Analytics
Top Speaker Awards (for each track)
ADF and MAF – The Five Ways of Building Oracle Applications (Forms, ADF, APEX, JET, MAF): How to Choose
Sten Vesterli, More Than Code
Application Express – APEX: High-Quality Printing and Exporting for FREE!
John Scott, APEX Evangelists
BI and Data Warehousing – Using APEX to Integrate Projections into an OBIEE Financials Dashboard
Teal Sexton, University of California, Berkeley
Big Data and Advanced Analytics – Introduction to Apache Kafka and Real-Time ETL
Gwen Shapira, Confluent
Database – The Perils of Describing Performance Improvements
Cary Millsap, Accenture Enkitec Group
EPM Reporting – Put Your Own Ribbon on Smart View
Gary Adashek, General Electric
Financial Close – Leave No Stone Unturned: Secrets to a Successful HFM Application Review
Christopher Barbieri, Finit Solutions
Planning – Introduction to the Hyperion Planning REST API
Jake Turrell, Turrell Consulting
EPM Business Content – Implementing the World's Largest Exalytics Program
Gary Crisci, General Electric
EPM Foundations and Data Integration – FDMEE Can Do That?
Anthony Scalese, Edgewater Ranzal
Essbase – Torn Between Two Worlds: Is Essbase a Business or an IT Tool?
Joe Aultman, interRel Consulting
ODTUG Innovation Award
Mia Urman
Innovation: AuraPlayer
Oracle Contributor of the Year Award
Steven Feuerstein, Oracle Corporation
ODTUG Volunteer Award
Jennifer Anderson, The Hearst Corporation
We'd also like to recognize Kscope16 Ambassador Jeffrey Baumert of iRobot, who won a free pass to Kscope17.
Overall Top Speaker Awards
ODTUG Kscope15
Hands-On Training: Build Something! IOT= Internet + Oracle + Things
Anton Nielsen, C2 Consulting
Delivering an Enterprise-Wide Standard Chart of Accounts with Oracle DRM
Gary Crisci, General Electric
Lessons Learned Version 2015.06
Cary Millsap, Method R
Bringing Oracle Big Data SQL to OBIEE and ODI
Mark Rittman, Rittman Mead
Hand-On Training: Build Something! IOT= Internet + Oracle + Things
Anton Nielsen, C2 Consulting
Delivering an Enterprise-Wide Standard Chart of Accounts with Oracle DRM
Gary Crisci, General Electric
What’s in a Word: Mobile/Cloud Terminology For Dummies
Mia Urman, AuraPlayer
JavaScript Property Formulas Within DRM
Steven Davis, TopDown Consulting
Why Didn’t I Think of That? How Can I Do It in Essbase?
Glenn Schwartzberg, inteRel Consulting
Voiding Your Warranty: The Planning Repository Exposed
Brian Marshall, US-Analytics
Where Did That Come From?: Techniques for Debugging HFM Rules
Christopher Barbieri, Finit Solutions
Best New Speaker Award
ODTUG Kscope15
Reporting with Public Sector Planning and Budgeting at UC Berkeley: What We’ve Done and Why It Is So Important to our Success
Tiffany Ma, University of California, Berekley
Editor's Choice Award
ODTUG Kscope15
Going Mobile: Mobile Application Design Principles for ADF Development
Peter Koletzke
Oracle Contributor of the Year Award
ODTUG Kscope15
Joel Kallman
ODTUG Volunteer Award
ODTUG Kscope15
Opal Alapat
Best Speaker Award
ODTUG Kscope14
Next Generation Essbase Outline Extractor Tips and Tricks
Tim Tow, Applied OLAP
ODTUG Kscope14
Essbase Studio: Why in the Name of Glenn Are You Not Using This Awesome Tool
Glenn Schwartzberg, interRel Consulting
Scott Spendolini, Enkitec
Edward Roske, interRel
John Scott, APEX Evangelists
Tim Tow, Applied OLAP
ODTUG Kscope14
Verizon Wireless' Quest to Control Its Hierarchies: A Data Relationship Management (DRM) Journey
Nikki Verhoff, Verizon Wireless
Editor's Choice Award
ODTUG Kscope14
NoSQL and Big Data for the Oracle Professional
Iggy Fernandez
Oracle Contributor of the Year Award
ODTUG Kscope14
Shay Shmeltzer & Gabby Rubin
ODTUG Volunteer Award
ODTUG Kscope14
Mike Riley
Best Speaker Award
ODTUG Kscope13
Everything You Need to Know About Essbase
Edward Roske, High Performance PL/SQL
Top Speaker Awards
ODTUG Kscope13
- Martin D’Souza, ClariFitIntro to Responsive Design in APEX
- Glenn Schwartzberg, interRel Consulting Thinking Outside the Box – Optimizing Performance in Essbase and Planning
- Tim Tow, Applied OLAP, Introducing the Outline Extractor
- Rich Schoustra, ADI Strategies, 11.1.2.3 Upgrade and Design Consideration for HFM
Editor's Choice Award
ODTUG Kscope13
David Schleis
What? You're Still Not Using Groovy?
Oracle Contributor of the Year Award
ODTUG Kscope13
Jeff Smith
ODTUG Volunteer Award
ODTUG Kscope13
Mac McCasland
Best Speaker Award
ODTUG Kscope12
Steven Feuerstein, High Performance PL/SQL
Track Speaker Awards
ODTUG Kscope12
- Application Express – Steven Feuerstein, Clean Up Your APEX PL/SQL Code
- Database – Jonathan Lewis, Optimizing a Two-table Join
- Developer's Toolbox – Steven Feuerstein, High Performance PL/SQL
- Business Intelligence – Jordan Meyer, Designing Eye-Catching and Effective Dashboards
- Essbase – Edward Roske, Optimizing Essbase Calc Scripts and Formulas
- Hyperion Applications – Keith Berry, HFM vs. Essbase BSO: A Comparative Anatomy
- Fusion Middleware – John King, Oracle JDeveloper and ADF: Coming Together for Forms and 4GL Developers
Editor's Choice Award
ODTUG Kscope12
Peter Koletzke
WebLogic Server Application Security - Implementing the Superstition in JDeveloper
Lifetime Achievement Award
Kathleen McCasland, ODTUG Executive Director
ODTUG President Appreciation Award
Mike Riley
Oracle Contributor of the Year Award
ODTUG Kscope12
Kris Rice
ODTUG Volunteer Award
ODTUG Kscope12
Karen Cannell
Best Speaker
ODTUG Kscope11
Martin D’Souza
APEX 4 + HTML 5 = Awesome
Track Speaker Awards
ODTUG Kscope11
- Fusion Middleware - Luc Bors, ADF Developers – Make the Database Work for You
- Application Express - Martin D’Souza, APEX 4 + HTML 5 = Awesome
- BI/EPM - Edward Roske, Configure It Out – The Sequel
- Database Development - Alex Nuijten, Who’s Afraid of Analytic Functions?
Best First Time Speaker
ODTUG Kaleidoscope 2010
Jake Turrell
Introduction to Custom JavaScript within Hyperion Planning
Best Speaker – Content
ODTUG Kaleidoscope 2010
John Scott
Increasing Scalability with Oracle Application Express
Best Speaker – Presentation
ODTUG Kaleidoscope 2010
Cary Millsap
Thinking Clearly about Performance
Editor’s Choice Award
ODTUG Kscope11
Kevin McGinley
Mobility and OBIEE: iPhones, iPads, Android, Oh My!
Oracle Contributor of the Year Award
ODTUG Kscope11
David Peake
ODTUG Volunteer Award
ODTUG Kscope11
Mary Santry
Best Speaker Presentation and Delivery
ODTUG Kaleidoscope 2009
Sten Vesterli
What’s Hot and What’s Not – An Overview of Oracle Development Tools
Best Speaker Content and Topic
ODTUG Kaleidoscope 2009
Michael Rosenblum
PL/SQL Collections: Processing Datasets Your Way
Best First Time Speaker
ODTUG Kaleidoscope 2009
Cameron Lackpour
Master Essbase with MaxL Automation
ODTUG Volunteer Awards
ODTUG Kaleidoscope 2010
ODTUG Hyperion SIG - Doug Bliss, Gary Crisci, Natalie Delemar, Quinlan Eddy, Cameron Lackpour, Jeff McAhren, Edward Roske, Tim Tow, and Angela Wilcox
Oracle Contributor of the Year Award
ODTUG Kaleidoscope 2010
Lillian M. Buziak
Oracle Contributor of the Year Award
ODTUG Kaleidoscope 2010
Victoria Lira
Lifetime Achievement Award
Steven Feuerstein
Best Speaker Presentation and Delivery
ODTUG Kaleidoscope 2008
Peter Koletzke
A Guide to Fusion Web Development with JDeveloper 11g - Part 3: Developing the View Layer
Best Presentation Content and Topic
ODTUG Kaleidoscope 2008
Dimitri Gielis
Creating Advanced Charts in Oracle Application Express
Editor’s Choice Award
ODTUG Kaleidoscope 2009
Peter Koletzke
ADF On Ramp: What You Need to Know to Use the ADF Fusion Technology Stack
Oracle Contributor of the Year Award
ODTUG Kaleidoscope 2009
Al Marciante
Oracle Contributor of the Year Award
ODTUG Kaleidoscope 2009
Todd Trichler
ODTUG Volunteer Award
ODTUG Kaleidoscope 2009
Monty Latiolais
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Best Speaker
ODTUG Kaleidoscope 2007
Steven Feuerstein
Everything You Need to Know about Collections, But Were Afraid to Ask
Best Presentation Content and Topic
ODTUG Kaleidoscope 2007
Paul Dorsey, PhD
Path to Fusion
Editor’s Choice Award
ODTUG Kaleidoscope 2008
John Flack
Google Maps, ADF Faces, and Oracle Locator: A Backstage Tour of the New Treatment Locator
Oracle Contributor of the Year Award
ODTUG Kaleidoscope 2008
Lynn Munsinger
ODTUG Volunteer Award
ODTUG Kaleidoscope 2008
Maggie Tompkins
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Verizon Wireless' Quest to Control Its Hierarchies: A Data Relationship Management (DRM) Journey
Nikki Verhoff, Verizon Wireless